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I am not so sure I totally agree with an article in USA Today it talks about how the web is becoming more restrictive in what you are able to access. The reference is made in regards to filtering software and public access points like libraries and from your work place. My employer has every right to block content and
A bunch of people are having a pretty bad day. First of all 160,000 DSL customers are about to be migrated to other providers and 400 DirectTV employee's got the can. Sounds to me like the Scrooge is coming early. No immediate word on why but it always boils down to dollars. [Broadband Reports]
I have become the latest victim in the Spam war. Seems some porn wannabe used one of my e-mail address's in the From: field. Before I got the block rule set in my mail-server I had received about a 1000 bounce messages in my inbox. I am curious to see what carnage is going to result in this. This raises
I realized that fundamentally Wifi is not secure with the current WEP and SSID implementation. But even more alarming it seems that Windows XP is even more susceptible to hackers. [Secure Net Services]
Google is is rolling out some interesting tools. Check out their new offerings. Google Viewer which scrolls through your search terms. Froogle is a E-Business search tool. Webquotes annotates the results of your Google search with comments from other websites.
I thought Spam had already taken over legitimate e-mail. I am not sure about your inbox but I have had to invoke several levels of spam killing applications. If you inbox is exploding with Spam let me know what you are using to kill it all off. [CNN]
While we were going thru out web site outage a couple of weeks ago. I was spending a great deal of time on the net researching web hosting companies. I have learned a thing or 2 and most of it is bad. If you want to save yourself a lot of heartache you need to cruise over to WebHostingTalk and
It seems that Microsoft is trying to plug the holes in it's suite of programs. Almost every few days I am seeing a critical update required message. If it is as bad a Microsoft makes us believe I think all of our machines are compromised. [The Register]
It seems that AT&T is playing a thank you recording when people dial long distance in some areas. Along with giving out 30 minutes free long distance. I swear if I start hearing that recording I'll switch to another carrier. I don't have enough hours in the day now. This is possibly a preclude to us being forced to listen
I smile from ear to ear when I read these stories. An article on [Salon] titled "Replay it again, Sam" brings home the point that digital technology is here to stay and so long as the political heads don't diker with "fair use laws" there are some coll devices coming our way in the near future. Microsoft is pushing a
What I want to know is how did this effort stay under my radar so long you all are slipping. The Xandros OS supports Microsoft Office, Quicken, Lotus Notes and some other Windows programs out-of-the-box. And for those who fear the Linux installation process, Xandros promises an easy ride. Only five mouse clicks stand between the user and an installed
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), sues eBay users in eight states claiming they sold pirated DVDs through the auction site. The lawsuits mark the first time that the industry group, whose members include most of the large movie studios, has targeted eBay sellers. [News factor]
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